# Runyon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/runyon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,153 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,872 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 33,732 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (9,123 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Runyon in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Runyon in the United States.

## People named Runyon

- Damon Runyon, American writer (1880–1946)
- Jennifer Runyon, American actress (1960-2026)
- William Nelson Runyon, American politician (1871-1931)

## Similar surnames

Runyan, Runion, Roman, Romano, Rahman, Ramon, Romine, Ronan, Rehman, Romain, Reimann, Reiman.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.